Bob the Blade MIA this morning, they're playing mostly 80s music, and all their promo shit is calling it Radio 96.1. 96 Rock was a pretty mediocre rock station but I'll be a sad panda if we lost the only damn rock station left in this area.

11/21/2011 8:34:36 AM

Change it to 91.5 or buy an ipod

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11/21/2011 8:36:41 AM

about time if they changed the format

11/21/2011 8:36:49 AM

^^ I usually do listen to NPR but sometimes I just want to listen to mindless banter and rock in the morning

11/21/2011 8:38:59 AM

http://radio961.com/letter.htm

11/21/2011 8:40:35 AM

if this is true, RIP to Raleigh radio, undoubtedly the worst market in the history of the planet

11/21/2011 8:41:14 AM

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"if this is true, RIP to Raleigh radio, undoubtedly the worst market in the history of the planet"

11/21/2011 8:42:42 AM

I noticed this weekend when I was in Raleigh they were calling it Radio 96.1. I was like WTH, but honestly I only listen to 96 Rock when 100.3 The Buzz (hate their fucking name) goes out. Thankfully I can pick up 100.3 in Chapel Hill/Carrboro so that is my default station in the car unless I am travelling to Raleigh.

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11/21/2011 8:43:50 AM

Tune-in radio app

11/21/2011 8:45:31 AM

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-961/270908649618463?sk=wall

11/21/2011 8:51:30 AM

92.3

11/21/2011 8:51:52 AM

Its appears people are not happy on their FB page. Wonder how long till that gets cleared of all negative comments?

11/21/2011 8:51:59 AM

remember when 106.1 RDU changed to fucking country? this is almost as bad

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"RIP to Raleigh radio, undoubtedly the worst market in the history of the planet"

11/21/2011 8:55:56 AM

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"You also said you wanted to hear A LOT more music, without a whole bunch of useless talk. And that's why Radio 96.1 will always deliver "More Music" and "Less Blah Blah Blah." Our goal is to make Radio 96.1 the best reflection of your musical tastes and preferences."

Translation: We didn't want to pay DJs anymore so the entire station is being run by the shuffle mode on winamp.

11/21/2011 8:56:06 AM

^^And then went Rush Radio 106.1

11/21/2011 8:58:51 AM

"Radio" 96.1 Fucking clever.

11/21/2011 8:59:41 AM

It seriously sounds like that crap station 100.7 turned into after they left the oldies format with some Stone Temple Pilots thrown into the mix. wtf.

11/21/2011 9:00:07 AM

more like gaydio 96.1

11/21/2011 9:00:18 AM

I tried to listen some this morning - heard even more obscure crap.... Pondering taking it off my favorites all together

Plz to let one of the Charlotte - Greenville - Burlington - anywherereally rock stations take over 96.1

11/21/2011 9:09:44 AM

Oh no! Who will play "The Rooster" all the fucking time now?!?!?!

11/21/2011 9:11:00 AM

^ hahaha I will fully admit that over the years 96Rock had gotten really bad about playing the same songs over and over and over and over and over. Apparently bands only make one or two songs worth playing on the radio. But apparently they took

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"You told us you wanted to hear a greater diversity of songs"

Not to mean, "REM has more than one song you douchebags" but rather to mean "We want to listen to a bunch of random shit from the 80s."

11/21/2011 9:14:02 AM

Oh no! Who will play "The Rooster White Wedding" all the fucking time now?!?!?!

11/21/2011 9:14:53 AM

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"Oh no! Who will play "The Rooster" all the fucking time now?!?!?!"

just subscribe to SiriusXM and listen to Lithium if you want to hear AIC every other song.

11/21/2011 9:16:55 AM

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"It seriously sounds like that crap station 100.7 turned into after they left the oldies format with some Stone Temple Pilots thrown into the mix. wtf."

apparently 100.7 is only Christmas music...and has been for about 2 weeks...

it makes me want to shoot somebody

[Edited on November 21, 2011 at 9:22 AM. Reason : dsf]

11/21/2011 9:17:53 AM

Yea 96.1 was getting to be pretty stale on the music front (not a lot of innovating on FM these days) but the biggest thing that kept it from just being another internet radio streamed on an FM frequency was some local talent. I think most morning shows suck ass, but keeping it local is one of the only ways to differentiate your station from my iPod. Of course by now my iPod can give me the weather, traffic, news, etc. while I still listen to my own damn music.

11/21/2011 9:19:00 AM

Part of what keeps me listening to local radio is being able to hear commentary about local shit that no one nationally gives a fuck about. I guess my only choice for that now is G105, which annoys the shit out of me, or Mix 101.5, which makes me feel like I'm listening to The View.

11/21/2011 9:21:13 AM

I liked hearing about local things and hearing about local traffic. Who is running this channel?

11/21/2011 9:29:38 AM

Curtis Media Group.

11/21/2011 9:29:59 AM

Looking at their on air playlist, they played creed at 7:06 - looks like I won't be listening to them anytime soon

11/21/2011 9:40:57 AM

mhartel@curtismedia.com

11/21/2011 9:41:00 AM

100.3 the buzz from greensboro or 93.3 from upstate sc needs to be the model for raleigh radio station... Raleighs radio is undoubtedly the WORST i have ever experienced.

11/21/2011 9:44:38 AM

i was wondering why there was so much music this morning when i had it on in the background... and i heard 875-5309 and was all like wtf mate but didn't think too hard about it.

11/21/2011 9:53:56 AM

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"i heard 875-5309"

Also, lol @ 100.3 being a model radio station. They play the same 10 shitty songs all day and the DJs are all piped in from some national hivemind radio center. Gimme dat 94.5 WXRA

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11/21/2011 9:56:01 AM

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"and even some newer music by artists like Nickelback and Linkin Park."

11/21/2011 9:58:14 AM

damn even the song gave me a fake/wrong number

11/21/2011 9:59:45 AM

^^ Yeah I laughed sadly at that.

11/21/2011 10:01:31 AM

I posted a comment on their FB page about the only real rock station you can pick up in the Triangle now is Octane on sat rad. That shit was gone fast. I see quite a few other posts are missing too. Big surprise the are in damage control acting like everything is fine and we all love the new format.

11/21/2011 10:06:04 AM

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"94.5 WXRA"

I grew up on this station.

11/21/2011 10:07:31 AM

Are there any local rock radio stations left in the Triangle? Something tells me I'll be reprogramming that button on my radio this afternoon.

11/21/2011 10:07:58 AM

Nope. To the east you have 99X in Greenville, and to the west 100.3 in Greensboro. But the Triangle is now the black hole of rock music, unless you have XM/Sirius.

11/21/2011 10:12:15 AM

11/21/2011 10:12:45 AM

Sad day...station sucks now.

11/21/2011 10:15:18 AM

another plus of living in Durham... I get 100.3 in clearly.

11/21/2011 10:24:08 AM

I listen to The River for some classic rock sometimes, but I noticed its 24/7 Christmas music now. Did they just give all the DJs a month off?

11/21/2011 10:25:54 AM

Raleigh radio is a pretty decent market if you listen to a variety.

QDR is one of the best country stations in the country.
G105 is a pretty good pop station
Theres a new pop station when i was there this summer (102.5?) that competes with 105
KISS 93.9 is pretty awesome and they play some of everything.
97.5 is decent for hip hop.
BOB93.3 works in the eastern half of the triangle but its a greenville pop station inferior to the raleigh ones
The greensboro market can be picked up in the western half of the triangle and although inferior to teh raleigh market, has some decent stations so that you never have to listen to commercials on the raleigh ones.

Better get iheartradio app and listen to another cities rock station or make your own based on the type of song you like. This app is priceless in value.

11/21/2011 10:25:58 AM

Posting in this thread to say fuck Bob the Blade.

11/21/2011 10:28:56 AM

the cure for radio is here: http://www.audible.com

11/21/2011 10:35:01 AM

^Were you more of a Salt and D kinda guy? Honestly neither one did much of shit for me.

And yes as Bobby says 100.3 will pick up good until around RDU, then it drops off big time.

11/21/2011 10:35:37 AM

here's 96.1's playlist: http://wbbb.tunegenie.com

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"Raleigh radio is a pretty decent market if you listen to a variety. "

haha obvious troll is obvious.

11/21/2011 10:39:44 AM

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"G105 is a pretty good pop station"

You must be joking. I'll give you KISS 93.9 is a good station when I'm in the mood for poppy music.

11/21/2011 10:40:19 AM